Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I agree wholeheartedly with everything the Minister of State has said. This is not a criticism of the scheme. It is a free scheme. The number of people coming into my office inquiring about it has risen over the last six months. I accept that. If the Minister of State looks at the local contractors, that would be important. One other aspect of the scheme he might have a look at is cases where someone got some measures previously, maybe ten years ago when there was an attic insulation scheme. They are not being considered now but they may have other works that need to be carried out in their homes that were not part of a previous grant scheme. It is important we do not just dismiss these applicants by saying we cannot include them because they got a previous support. It is important that we look at that. There are people who got attic insulation previously and who still need to get more works done on their houses. They are being excluded for the simple reason that they got a previous support. That is just something to look at also.

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